FIX: Severe spinlock contention occurs in SQL Server 2019

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Applies to: SQL Server 2019 on LinuxSQL Server 2019 on Windows

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Symptoms

When you run many online transactions on a database in Microsoft SQL Server 2019, you notice severe spinlock contention. The severe contention is generally observed on new generation and high-end systems. The following conditions apply to severe spinlock contention:

Requires modern hardware, such as Intel Sklylake processors

Requires a server that has many CPUs

Requires a high number of concurrent users

Symptoms may include unexpected high CPU usage

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

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